Where does “gigun” come from?

gigun (Nupe) comes from Basque egun, from Gun Gungbe, from Gun gbè.

gigun (Nupe): to inherit

Definitions

  1. to inherit

Ancestry of “gigun”, step by step

gigun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque egun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basqueegunday
2GunGungbeGun language
3Gungbè—

via Proto-Bantu gí-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantugí-Class 4 pronominal concord
Every word from Gun gbè →